#CA: The Kennedys and California. Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution
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🗓️ 11 May 2024
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#CA: The Kennedys and California. Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution
https://www.hoover.org/research/will-rfk-jr-hold-sway-california
1963 JFK
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS I on the world with John Bachelor. |
| 0:12.0 | I welcome Bill Whelan of the Hoover Institution. |
| 0:15.0 | Policy in Politics is his podcast. |
| 0:19.0 | The Goodfellas is his podcast TV show with his colleagues. |
| 0:23.6 | And now we turn to Bill's column that very carefully examines the history of California and |
| 0:29.8 | the Kennedy family. |
| 0:31.2 | This is California on your mind. |
| 0:33.0 | Bill, there's a Kennedy on the ballot I understand in California. |
| 0:37.0 | Does he have a sizable following because of the Kennedy name, |
| 0:41.0 | because of his unusual policies. |
| 0:44.1 | How is he doing in California per se? |
| 0:46.5 | Good evening to you, Bill. |
| 0:48.4 | Good evening, John. |
| 0:49.2 | Well, he is, he's kind of a little bit along in California, John. |
| 0:53.0 | If you look at the 538.com does polling averages, |
| 0:57.0 | and the last time I checked, he was a little north of 10% in California, |
| 1:01.0 | which kind of goes along with his national performance as well. |
| 1:05.1 | To put California in perspective, John Biden, what it was 63.5 percent in 2020. |
| 1:11.6 | So those are R.F.K. Jr. back at 10 10%. I'm back with him in the race by the numbers |
| 1:16.0 | fall down to about 50%. So he's not going to carry California in a general election. |
| 1:21.5 | But he does take away votes there and this is kind of the |
| 1:24.3 | question writ large with the RFK junior campaign. Where does he take away votes and |
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